786 Quotes About Arrogance

Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.

Arrogance is thinking you are above someone else, Confidence is knowing no one is above you.

It must be wonderful to be you, Dominic, and know that you alone have shaped yourself. It must be even more wonderful for other people, your mother and even God Himself for all I know, to know that. It absolves them of a terrible responsibility.

Her voice had suddenly jumped a couple of social classes to underline her ownership status.

Those that are too refined to be simple need to be refined again.

Never entertain arrogance, be it in yourself or in others.

Arrogance is born of insecurity. Pride is different. It is born of dignity, self-worth, and self-respect. We all see the world through the prism of our identity. If our self-worth is low, it affects everything we do. The point of life is to contribute to others, but without a certain self-regard, it is sometimes difficult to make breakfast.

These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second is: don't over-estimate your own merits. The third is: don't expect others to take as much interest in you as you do yourself. And the fourth is: don't imagine that most people give enough thought to you to have any special desire to persecute you.

Dominance can be a tempration to division. "There are so many of us, we can afford to fight amongst ourselves.